Virgin Money has appointed Matt Martin as head of national accounts, taking over from Nicola Goldie (pictured) who is leaving the business.
Martin has worked at the firm for around five years, having initially joined as national account manager.
Prior to that he was national account manager at Lloyds Banking Group for around two years and worked at Halifax for around 12 years in various roles including business development manager (BDM) for London and telephone BDM.
Goldie is understood to have left the firm for a role at a different lender.
She has worked at Virgin Money for around seven years, joining at national account manager in 2016 before taking on the head of national accounts role in 2018.
Before that she was national account manager for intermediaries at Lloyds Banking Group for nearly seven years and national key account manager for intermediaries insurance at HBOS for around two years.
Virgin Money confirmed that Goldie had left the business and that Martin would take on the role of head of national accounts.
Anna is currently the deputy editor for Mortgage Solutions and editor for Specialist Lending Solutions. She has worked as a journalist since 2019, having secured her Gold Standard NCTJ diploma from News Associates in a fast-track six-month course.
She started her career as a report at specialist publication The Insurance Insider covering a wide range of areas before joining Mortgage Solutions and Specialist Lending Solutions in 2021.
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She has been shortlisted for three journalism awards, which include BIBA Journalist and Media Awards Scoop of Year Award in 2020, Headline Money Mortgage Journalist of the Year Award (B2B) in 2022 and 2023.
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